The closure will allow the Texas Department of Transportation to work on the interchange between I-69 and Loop 610, a project that is expected to take until 2023, though the contractor, Williams Brothers Construction, can make $10.2 million in incentives for finishing parts early. The total cost of the project is $259 million.

The interchange project will create two-lane ramps between the freeways in all directions, add shoulders, reconstruct the main lanes of Loop 610 and make other design changes officials say will help traffic flow through the area.

Includes previous reporting by Dug Begley.

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